How Jean cares first for Jenny
A grateful family has told how Mercy Health Home and Community Care was able to lend support.
Daughter Sarah Holmes said the family was left...
Local pub gig for “Mr Eagle Rock”
By LUKE VOOGT
Australian rock legend Ross Wilson will appear at the Sphinx on 13 August, playing the Daddy Cool classics which made him famous.
With...
Good sense and peace of mind
The Centrelink Age Pension Assets Test to qualify for a full pension changes from 1 January 2017 and for those entitled to a part...
Care is young at heart
By LUKE VOOGT
For Belmont Grange’s Leon Derby, aged care should go “beyond the normal walks and bingo”.
“I think the thing that sets us apart...
Volunteers give them wings
About 800 volunteers are needed to keep Avalon’s airshow flying, according to its chief.
Ian Honnery called for volunteers to begin registering for the event...
Report findings a ‘failure’
By LUKE VOOGT
Geelong Chamber of Commerce has slammed a report by an insolvency firm which claims 28 local “construction industry players are heading towards...
Apprentice’s appy days ahead
A Geelong app helping a deaf teen work as a diesel mechanic has won a national award.
Nineteen-year-old Chris Linahan communicated only through AUSLAN sign...
Government backs the city night life
By LUKE VOOGT
Geelong residents who enjoy a night out in Melbourne will welcome the Victorian Government’s decision this week to continue late-night buses home.
Public...
Geelong’s wet – and surprisingly warm – July
Well-above average rain drenched the entire Geelong region in July.
The urban area had around 86mm for the month, almost double the latest...
No competition in race for dates
“Disquiet” about earlier dates for Geelong’s Festival or Sails has prompted Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) to deny a bike race “bumped” the event...
Ferry back for two runs this week
By LUKE VOOGT
After the sell-out success of its maiden voyage from Portarlington to Melbourne, Port Phillip Ferries has announced two additional passenger trials this...
Sweet ride is right up their rally
By LUKE VOOGT
Mechanical problems, visa knockbacks and roadblocks haven’t stopped Barwon Heads’ Myles Benham from taking on one the world’s great continental car trips:...
Christine takes on the Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road will host this year’s TAC Great Vic Bike Ride, with a Geelong woman participating in the five-day cycling event. ...
